Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has called upon the government of Zambia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly intervene in the case of opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) leader Nevers Mumba, who is detained in a hotel in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In a statement released to the media ZCID said that the government must ensure Dr Nevers Mumbas’ safety is prioritized if there will be need and that the government should also provide the nation with the accurate status of his restriction to avoid unwarranted speculations.
Below is the full statement
THE RESTRICTION OF DR NEVERS MUMBA
Zambia Centre for Interparty Dialogue (ZCID) has received the news of the restriction of Dr. Nevers Mumba, the president of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo with great concern.
The information being circulated on various media platforms of Dr Nevers Mumba an opposition leader and former Republican Vice President of Zambia being restricted in a hotel room by the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is unsettling to many Zambians.
MMD seats on the ZCID Board and therefore this development is disturbing to the Centre. ZCID is calling upon the government of Zambia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to quickly intervene and ensure Dr Nevers Mumbas’ safety is prioritized if there will be need. The government should also provide the nation with the accurate status of his restriction to avoid unwarranted speculations.
ZCID is confident that Dr Nevers Mumba will cooperate with the government of the DRC as they conduct their preliminary investigation of his visit to their country and we further wish him a safe return to Zambia.
Issued By:Mr Jackson Silavwe
ZCID BOARD CHAIRPERSON
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He was fired by Mwanawasa because of DR Congo, and now he is detained, what’s with this man and the Congo?
Collins Chanda my thoughts exactly. What’s his obsession with Congo. Nikumwabo?
The challenge is he did not inform government about his trip. Having been vice president before he should have known better how diplomacy works.
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Nevers should be left alone. Let the Congolese law apply to him.
Did the government send him?
First of all Nervers is a Zambian so he deserves Govt support. If he’s committed a crime the due process of the Law must be followed, therefore he needs legal aid. If his mission to the DRC was clandestine, there are Laws here that can deal with that. So it’d not be in order to leave it to the whims of Congolese authorities alone
Fyakuifwaila this man knew that him Kabila former President they are not in good books, why go there? He once had an issue with the DRC which even to him being removed as Vice President by the then Republican President Mwanawasa MHSRIEP. What does he do? Uyo ku Congo ne chi Swahili taishiba.
Ba Mumba should behave like someone who has been a diplomat before…. He knows how it works…
What was he doing there?
Jumping from the pan into the fire
Either he didn’t inform government or what so ever.
The fact is that we have our zambian brother who is been held in a foreign land capwa.
And the government must do something.
Eddson Kadzamira Phiri Government detains you and you call on government to intervene in your release…… we need sanity in Africa.
So you expect a government that is insulted and called useless day in and day out, to help you when you are in trouble?
Had we been as petty as opposition we wouldn’t help this man. However we do have an obligation to help each citizen. We can only help where someone owns up to being in trouble. Mr Mumba has told us that he is not arrested but merely restricted. Until he tells us he is in trouble there is nothing we can do. This is a warning to all those diasporans who think being abroad means they will never need government.
Today’s opposition are very hostile and stuff naked!
Kikikikiki I know it is sad, but this story has me laughing. So what was he thinking just carelessly galavanting into Congo? God again showing us why nervous is not fit to rule anything. Kikikikiki.
He does not know protocol ,He is more civil ,We cave embassies if he had some businesses todo
He needs to be released , government do something
What the heck did he go to do in a God forsaken country like DRC??
How can the government intervene when he refused that he is not arrested.?
Mwamba Barnabas Others, like Israel u are always right as a citizen the govt will fight for u no matter what
Joseph Chileshe
Fighting for you on what,yes if he was arrested on baseless charges and not on crimes with intent.
Nolwendela lwine! Kwati tebakulu…
Let Mr Mumba disclose the type
Of business he went to do in congo.In these modern times there are so many ways of doing
Business without going there.
Yaku but who did he tell about his trip aii
The late Micheal Sata was subjected to the same by the Malawian government leading to his deportation from Malawi.
Later it was found that RB and Bingu Wa Mutarika connived on this issue.
Only blind PF followers wont see that Dr Mumba is actually being persecuted politically b.y ECL.
With due respect from ZCID on the call for PF government to intervene in Dr Mumba’s fiasco, much is needed to elucidate for the nation to make meaning of the whole saga. Mr Silavwe, this is government responsibility and need not come from ZCID. Security and wellbeing of every nation and its citizens is the core responsibility of a government in power. Whenever, such a government, dithers, procrastinates or prevaricates where security for its citizens is concerned, lacks and diminishes its relevance of existence. Zambians deserve to be safe both internally and externally. Its check-up for PF government, no partisan politics. Let the nation be addressed and updated.
Dr Mumba should learn to follow protocol. He knows this to well. He has been a diplomat before. A vice president above all
Embarrassing,finshi muya mukuchita kanshi ku CONGO?
After the harassment at the airport in Kinshasa in 2014 by a policeman and a soldier, I vowed never to step my feet in DRC again. DRC is a failed banana republic which only exits on the paper. When you are inside that country, its a jungle law which is in play. When you are striking or negotiating a deal with someone from DRC, better do it not inside that country.
Let him rote there. Was he sent by the government? Why has been detained in the first place? As far as we are concerned he is a nobody. He is not a big fish, in fact not even a fish at all. DRC please keep him, we don’t want him here.
Dr Nevers Sekwila Mumba from Chinkumba in Chinsali District of Muchinga Province. Ku Congo tekwakuchensela ameno. You should have gone to Canada where they know you.
Futurezed, you are a complete idiot. Please spare us from your utter stupidity try and ignorance.
I think citizens (even foolish ones) experiencing difficulties in foreign Countries should be helped by Government. Come on foreign affairs….am sure you can get that man out before he gets tired of eating hotel food!
Dear DRC, please we distance ourselves from that gentleman. The same way he came to your country, he can find himself back to his homestead.
@Chongo Shula, I know he is your Father, Uncle or whatever you want to call him. The man has been nothing but an embarrassment to our country. An opportunist using the scripture to disguise his evil deeds. I will say it again…He is a nobody! not even a fish ok maybe he is a Kapenta swimming upstream when everyone else is going with the current downstream.
HH is smart. He does not goto his masters, they come to him in troves. He is the best Kaponya
LT, what’s your game – only publishing my comment this late?? Rather pointless isn’t it?